Legal Opinion
Chapman v. John St. John Drilling Company
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided December 9, 1963No. 7315PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NOBLE, Justice.
The question for decision is whether successive workmen’s compensation awards can be made in different states, deducting the amount of the first award from the second.
Claimant, a resident of Texas, was employed in Texas to work on an oil well drilling rig in New Mexico and suffered an accidental injury in New Mexico arising out of and in the course of his employment. He filed a claim for the injury in Texas and was awarded compensation of $30.00 per week for not to exceed 26 weeks for temporary total disability by the Texas Industrial Accident Board. Two hundred eighty dollars…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Williams v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Alaska Packers Assn. v. Industrial Accident Comm'n of Cal.Supreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Magnolia Petroleum Co. v. HuntSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Milwaukee County v. M. E. White Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Baltimore & Phila. Steamboat Co. v. NortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Genuine Parts Co. v. GarciaNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1978
- Nowell v. NowellSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1969
- State v. MadalenaNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1995
- Webb v. Arizona Public Service Co.New Mexico Court of Appeals · 1981
- Burns v. Transcon LinesNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1979
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